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Eric Nyland wrote the very first Halo novels to expand on the lore and give readers a look beyond the games. Both The Fall of Reach and First Strike offered a story surrounding Halo: Combat Evolved that gave definition to a protagonist Bungie purposefully left blank. His works introduced the world to Master Chief's Blue Team allies, Catherine Halsey, and more characters who would later find their way into both the games and spinoff media like the upcoming Paramount+ TV show . The scenes on Reach in Nyland's first book would also go on to inspire much of Bungie's own Halo: Reach , as they both depict the initial days of the conflict between the UNSC and Covenant for

Surely I don't need to tell you to play Mass Effect for the 12th time. All I will say is that if you let Wrex die on Virmire, close this article and never come back. If you saved him, I love you - you can keep reading.

OK, bear with here. There's no need to be discouraged by all of the numbers after the title. This is a remaster of the original Nier game (well, an alternate version of it - shhh). So, if you liked Nier: Automata, this is a must-play. You play as Kaine and need to locate the Sealed Verses in order to save your sister Yonah, who fell victim to the Black Scra- listen, I know all of this sounds a bit wild. But Nier is really good. Just give it a whack, yeah?

When the Human/Covenant war was in full swing, Atriox found himself continuously deposited into 40-person teams which were subsequently (and repeatedly) wiped out, leaving him alone as the sole survivor. Fearing a revolt, the Covenant devised a plan to send him to his death, which backfired. In retaliation, Atriox rebelled shortly before the Great Schism between the Covenant and the Eli

The Metroid Prime games are the perfect example of a game series that builds upon and modernizes its source material in a way that remains faithful to its subject matter. Fans have been clamouring for a new Metroid Prime title ever since Metroid Prime 3: Corruption released back in 2007, and in 2017 confirmation was finally given that Nintendo was pushing ahead with another Metroid Prime proj

Very few games come back from the brink of vaporware, but _Beyond Good & Evil 2 _ is a title that somehow is taking form. A prequel to the original game, _Beyond Good & Evil 2 _ looks like it is making some major changes to the original game’s linear narrative. Instead of closed levels, _Beyond Good & Evil 2 _ will be much more open, and ideally this will mean that players will be given even more of a chance to lose themselves in the cult classic’s game wo

Humans were more than welcome to join up if they so chose, especially those who had no particular allegiance to the human government or its influence. To Atriox, the cause was more important than internal polit

Hitman 3 will see Agent 47 finally close out the critically-acclaimed World Assassination trilogy, which has made him famous for being both bald and deadly in equal measure. This particular instalment will see him take on contracts from as far and wide as Berlin and Chongqing. We reckon Hitman 3 is going to be an absolute belter to kickstart a whole new year of games - I personally can't wait to mill briefcases at people's mugs.

With Buck showing back up on Fireteam Osiris in Halo 5: Guardians and likely returning to future games due to his fan-favorite status, these stories also provide great context that's missing from the game's main plot. Buck tries to be a voice of reason to Spartan Locke in Halo 5 due to his years of experience, and players who have seen him struggle with his own band Infinity Nikki missions of brothers feel it even harder when the foolhardy leader of the team disregards his suggestions. Bad Blood is an excellent side story that hopefully allows the characters from ODST __ to reemerge in the games at some point in the fut

Since the Banished have largely remained on sidelines as the antagonists of Halo Wars 2, many fans might require a dossier of intel on what we know of this foe, and how their story will fit into the greater narrative. Here are a few facts and important bits of trivia about the Banished that will get every Halo fan up to speed in time for the holiday season release of Halo Infin

Nyland would sadly only return once more to the series following his initial two works, but Ghosts of Onyx is quite the sendoff. While his first two novels focused on Master Chief's birth as a Spartan and his trip home following the events of Combat Evolved , Ghosts of Onyx shifts away from John-117 and focuses on the Spartan-III program. When John's wave of Spartan soldiers was mostly declared missing in action, the UNSC replaced them with a new program that recruited minors orphaned by the ongoing war. Onyx covers the beginnings of that program and the discovery of a Forerunner artifact that would narratively help bridge the gap between Bungie's work on Halo __ and the story 343 Industries wanted to tell. All three books feature throughlines and story beats that serve as the backbone for every future story told in Halo 's unive